By Kim Velsey 5/16 3:12pm

Red Carpet Real Estate

The exact same staircase used in Apple stores.

Sinatra’s Storied Penthouse Snagged By Chinese Scion

Frank Sinatra’s old duplex at 530 East 72nd Street finally got under someone’s skin. And this despite a “meticulous” renovation in recent years that included the installation of the exact same staircase as the one in the Apple stores and some other rather hideous unique design choices.

The New York Post reports that the “glittering grotto in the sky”—as Andy Warhol once referred to the Sinatra-era party pad—is in contract to the daughter of a Chinese technology tycoon. Maybe she found the Apple staircase homey? Read More

By Gillian Reagan 5/22/08 8:09pm

Scorsese to Take On Sinatra?

Marty Scorsese recently ducked out of a Bob Marley project and passed it along to another rock doc director, Jonathan Demme. They cited "scheduling conflicts" for the switcharoo, but what will Mr. Scorsese be working on instead? According to Frank Sinatra’s youngest daughter, it might be a biopic about Ol’ Blue Eyes.

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By J. Gabriel Boylan 1/22/08 12:51pm

Chan Marshall Grows Up

Everybody needs to stop complaining about Chan Marshall. If I hear another person talk about how she has smoothed over the rough edges that made her so great and eradicated all the warts-and-all charm from her repertoire, I’m going to spit.

Just a year ago, after releasing the strongest album by far of her career, Read More

By Gillian Reagan 10/18/07 5:57pm

Joey Bishop, 89, Last of the Rat Pack

Joey Bishop, the last surviving member of the Rat Pack, died at his home of multiple causes, according to his publicist.

CNN via AP:

The Rat Pack — originally a social group surrounding Humphrey Bogart — became a show business sensation in the early 1960s, appearing at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas Read More

By Staff 10/24/06 3:55pm

Gino Avoids Strike, Zebras Stay Put


Bring cash: Gino’s all-union staff won’t strike, after all.

The ghosts of Frank Sinatra and Ed Sullivan may now rest in peace.

Owners and employees at legendary celeb-haunt Gino restaurant (commonly called “Gino’s”) signed a new employment contract yesterday, ending weeks of speculation about a possible strike and potential closure of the historic Upper Read More

By Chris Shott 10/16/06 12:00am

Osso Bucco, Pronto! The Legendary Gino May Face a Strike

“Who wants to close the Gino restaurant?” asked Salvatore Doria, co-owner of the legendary Italian eatery at Lexington Avenue and 60th Street. “There are very few places [like it] left in New York.”

But, he said, he may have to do just that, as early as next month.

The current contract for Gino’s Read More

By Staff 10/11/06 10:33am

Trouble at Gino; Artists in the Meat Market


Under destruction?

In today’s New York Observer:

  • The staff of legendary Upper East Side red-saucery Gino (a favorite of Gay Talese, Frank Sinatra, Wes Anderson and Woody Allen) are threatening to walk out over a contract dispute, according to our new guy on the beat, Chris shott–and the owners say they’ll shut down Read More